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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0048 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23324 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23332 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23382 (2013.01);
Abstract
Airbag assemblies are disclosed that can reduce rotational velocity of an occupant's head during a collision event and thereby mitigate traumatic brain injury/head injury to an occupant. An airbag includes a pair of lobes or protrusions to deploy and extend from the rear face of the airbag on either side of the occupant's head to limit rotation of the head. A pair of vertical tethers within an interior of the airbag configure the lobes and contour the rear face to form one or more low fabric tension zones or bubbles. The lobes maintain high fabric tension, similar to a pressurization of a main inflatable chamber of the airbag.